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German measles

 
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An acute and contagious disease, caused by a virus, producing symptoms milder than those usually associated with measles.

  • German measles can cause severe congenital defects in the developing embryo or fetus of a woman who contracts the disease in her first three months of pregnancy.

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    The noun has one meaning:

    Meaning #1: a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester
      Synonyms: rubella, three-day measles, epidemic roseola

     
     

     

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    Health Dictionary. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.  Read more
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